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Grade Level:
11
Subject:
Biology
Topic:
Intro to Diversity of living things
Objective:
The objective o this class is to introduce the new unit to the students, taxonomy and the diversity of life, for this class we will be engaging in a sharing circle where we each share a brief story about a different animal and then we will watch planet earth.
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Unit: Diversity of living things
Overall objective:
B3: demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of living organisms in terms of the principles of taxonomy and phylogeny.
Specific expectations:
B3.5 explain why biodiversity is important to maintaining viable ecosystems (e.g., biodiversity helps increase resilience to stress and resistance to disease or invading species)
Learning Intention:
That there is life all around us, and each of the organisms are classified into the tree of life through taxonomy
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To leave the room able to name at least one animal in our local environment and think of how they interact with it and which animals it might also interact with, the world is a big place
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